What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42591 and 42599?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42591 and 42599 is 1.

GCF(42591,42599) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42591 and 42599, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42591 and 42599.

How to find the GCF of 42591 and 42599?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42591 and 42599. After we will calculate the factors of 42591 and 42599 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42591

Prime factors of 42591 are 3, 14197. Prime factorization of 42591 in exponential form is:

42591 = 3¹ × 14197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42599

Prime factors of 42599 are 41, 1039. Prime factorization of 42599 in exponential form is:

42599 = 41¹ × 1039¹

Step-3: Factors of 42591

List of positive integer factors of 42591 that divides 42591 without a remainder.

1, 3, 14197

Step-4: Factors of 42599

List of positive integer factors of 42599 that divides 42591 without a remainder.

1, 41, 1039

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42591 and 42599. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42591 and 42599 is 1.

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